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Carl Farmer |
Occasional in salt-marshes. Male spike 10-15 mm, females 8-15 mm Skye ID: 1 unstalked male spike, 2 female spikes clustered round its base and often 1 or 2 others a bit lower down. Lowest two bracts extremely long, rigid. Leaves grooved, stems rounded, or vaguely triangular with rounded corners, not sharp-angled. Leaves and stems hairless. Other features: Fruit bulges then tapers to a 0.5 mm notched beak. 3 styles. |
